Big East men's basketball at a glance

Updated 11:39 pm, Saturday, January 19, 2013

Syracuse: Playing without its second-leading scorer, James Southerland, the Orange dethroned top-ranked Louisville, 70-68, Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center. Syracuse, led by Brandon Triche's 23 points, made a case for the No. 1 spot in the polls with its road victory.

St. John's: The Red Storm bounced back from two losses last week with an upset over No. 20 Notre Dame and a win over lowly DePaul. Don't look now, but the Johnnies are .500 in the league.

Cincinnati: A quick start propelled Cincinnati past Marquette 71-69 in overtime, handing the Golden Eagles their first Big East loss. The Bearcats, who began the conference slate 1-2, are now in fourth place after three straight wins.

Who's not

UConn: After picking up a win at Notre Dame, the Huskies dropped two straight versus Louisville and Pitt. Fortunately for UConn, five winnable games -- Rutgers, Seton Hall, Providence, South Florida and St. John's -- are next.

Georgetown: The Hoyas dropped below .500 in the Big East with an embarrassing 61-58 defeat at South Florida, which was previously 0-4. Doesn't get much worse than that.

DePaul: A permanent fixture in the "Who's not" category, DePaul lost two close ones to Cincinnati and St. John's this past week.

Did ya know?

Prior to Saturday, the most recent No. 1 team to lose on its home floor was UConn in 2009. The Huskies were defeated by Pitt, 76-68, on Feb. 26 at the XL Center.

Game of the week

St. Johns at Rutgers, Wednesday: Both teams have surprised thus far, and Rutgers could potentially move to 5-2 in the league with a win.